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Flash Flood — Crawford, GA

Oct 6, 2021

A very moist and marginally unstable airmass ahead of a deep upper-level low over the lower Mississippi Valley resulted one report of a tree down and several flash flooding reports over middle Georgia. Heavy rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 3 inches were observed along a line from Thomaston to Gray to Eatonton to Comer, with pockets of higher amounts between 4 and 8 inches.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 989919). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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